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Offers in Excess of£500,000

Former Gorsthills Primary School, Berry Drive, Great Sutton, CH66

Land size: 2.37 acres

Key Features

Residential Development Opportunity
Circa 2.3 acres (0.96 hectares)
Located in the village of Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port
Previously occupied by a primary school
Short drive to the town centre which offers a wide range of local amenities
Written offers invited by informal tender by 5pm on 15th May 2026

Description

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Property extends to circa 2.3 acres (0.96 hectares) and comprises in the main a flat, square parcel of land, served by an access road off Berry Drive. The site was previously occupied by a primary school which was demolished in 2007, leaving a concrete and tarmacadam foot plate.

The Property is offered with a guide price at £500,000 on a subject to planning basis. Offered for sale by private treaty, with written offers invited by informal tender by 5pm on 15th May 2026.

The Property is located in the village of Great Sutton, a district of Ellesmere Port. The site resides on the eastern boundary of the town and at the foot of the Wirral Peninsula.

The Property is a short drive to the town centre which offers a wide range of local amenities, anchored by an Asda Superstore. The Coliseum Shopping Park, Cheshire Oaks Retail Centre, Ellesmere Port Sports Village and a Marks and Spencer Superstore are all reachable within a similar distance.

There are fourteen schools, including both primary and secondary institutions, located within 2.0km of the site. The nearest schools are Woodlands Primary School and Whitby High School.

The nearest train station is Capenhurst, which is situated on the Wirral Line connecting Chester and Liverpool.

The Property enjoys great connections to both the M53 / M56 motorways and A55 Expressway, which provide direct access to Liverpool, Manchester and North Wales.

Development Vacant Land Undeveloped Land Bare Land

Map Location

Property details

Tenure: Ask Agent
Council Tax Band: Ask Agent
Date Posted: 2026-04-04

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 132 Development Land listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£217,391 / acre

Development Land Average (1+ acres) £367,494 / acre

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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Private Rights of Way: Ask Agent
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Restrictions: Ask Agent

Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility: Ask Agent
Parking: Ask Agent
Garden: Ask Agent

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

4K streaming on every screen
Full-time home working
Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

Parklands Community Primary and Nursery School858 metresOfsted: Good
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
208
Type
Academy converter
Sutton Green Primary School935 metresOfsted: Good
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
306
Type
Community school
St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School0.6 milesOfsted: Good *
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
213
Type
Voluntary aided school
Faith
Roman Catholic
Brookside Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
184
Type
Community school
Meadow Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
Ages
4 to 11
Pupils
419
Type
Academy converter

Secondary

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy1.2 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
Ages
11 to 18
Pupils
950
Type
Academy sponsor led
Faith
Roman Catholic
The Whitby High School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 18
Pupils
1,398
Type
Foundation school
Ellesmere Port Church of England College1.5 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 19
Pupils
777
Type
Academy sponsor led
Faith
Anglican/Church of England
South Wirral High School3.1 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 18
Pupils
1,019
Type
Academy converter
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College4.8 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
651
Type
Foundation school

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Daily Great Sutton Gleneagles, Ellesmere Port474 metres

Tesco Ledsham Village Express, Ellesmere Port924 metres

Tesco Little Sutton Express, Ellesmere Port956 metres

GP surgery

Great Sutton Medical Centre607 metres

Pharmacy

Great Sutton Pharmacy607 metres

Hospital

Ellesmere Port Hospital1.3 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden346 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Capenhurst Rail Station0.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Glencoe Road285 metres

Typical drive times

Neston15 min · 7.7 miles

Bebington11 min · 4.9 miles

Chester (city)15 min · 7 miles

Ellesmere Port6 min · 1.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
Ground risks (included in the full report)
Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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